djayz Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 5 hours ago, webfact said: It appears that it's not the tourists that are the problem No shxt Sherlock! 5 hours ago, webfact said: had been blown in from the sea Sure, why not? It could never have been dropped by any of the locals visiting the beaches. No, not those environmentally conscious people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Remove "beaches" and insert "Thailand and many Thai people" They throw their trash anywhere and everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rampant Rabbit Posted June 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2021 1 minute ago, djayz said: Sure, why not? It could never have been dropped by any of the locals visiting the beaches. No, not those environmentally conscious people... Especially on a weekend when the piles of polystyrene food cartons strangely in the shade under all beach trees appears as if by magic. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) There is no big mystery here. Most of the <deleted> is from fishing boats. I lived on Samui many years and it was well known that this was the issue. Edited June 26, 2021 by Trujillo a "d" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 A post with a link to the Bangkok Post has been removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 7 hours ago, Surelynot said: Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia is my guess....555 Laos?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cali farong Posted June 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2021 I know this story is about the beaches but there is trash everywhere I look in Thailand. Just another part of AMAZING THAILAND 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retsdon Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) Pulling into a beach on the Andamans from the seaward side in the late 90s, we were wondering what all that mass of white stuff at the tideline could possibly be. Turned out it was hundreds/thousands of plastic water bottles that had blown across from Thailand - probably Phuket. Garbage travels... Edited June 26, 2021 by retsdon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Orinoco Posted June 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) All just the same every Soi, every beach, every park, and on, and on, and on Thailand -4.0 What's new. zero Edited June 26, 2021 by Orinoco 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Surelynot said: Live in a condo, central BKK and cannot believe the amount of fast food business ......does no one cook or feed themselves?........Grab and Panda constantly queued outside waiting for people to pick up their orders. Many many Thais, particularly the younger single ones, live in those blocks of single rooms, with no cooking facilities. They either eat at neighbourhood food stalls or use Grab and Food Panda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Not just Thailand - there's a whole flotilla of tin can boats every time I walk along Blackpool promenade daily now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 8 hours ago, Surelynot said: Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia is my guess....555 It can't be Thailand...7-Eleven doesn't even give out plastic bags anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pattaya Spotter Posted June 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2021 Yanui Beach in Phuket a week ago...another "welcome" for the Sandbox tourists. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Zweistein Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Good job, at least someone who understands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Albert Zweistein Posted June 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2021 10 hours ago, giddyup said: Cruise ships did it for years, not sure if they still do. You are running behind, by IMO ( International Maritime Organisation ) regulation it is compulsory for ships to have incinerators on board and burn their garbage while at sea. In port they have to have it collected by official compagnies. This regulation excist since mid 80's and is strictly maintainted and checked by IMO, port authorities and classification societies such as Lloyds, Bureau Veritas, German Loyd, Det Norske Veritas and so on. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, holy cow cm said: 10 hours ago, Moonlover said: They don't need to. Just drop it the ditch. The ditch leads to a stream and so on and so forth. Most rubbish in the sea enters it via the rivers and Asia has 6 of the 10 most polluting rivers in the world. So no surprise that it has the most polluted beaches. I don't litter in anyway and recycle everything and give it to the garbage people to sell. And whatever they can't sell, they dump on the side of the road or into the river. Don't get me wrong, I was amazed at the efficiency of the Thai recycling. First pass went to the apartment staff who would take what they wanted. Then, the guys driving the garbage truck spread the trash out on the soi and went through it for an hour or so in the wee hours. Then it got loaded into the hydraulic squasher, and that's where I lost all faith that what was left over would be disposed of responsibly. Especially when it's more profitable to dump it on the side of the road. Edited June 26, 2021 by impulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post heybruce Posted June 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 26, 2021 Ships dump trash overboard. Cities dump waste in the ocean. People use canals and rivers as disposal sites. Money meant to be used for proper waste collection and disposal goes into the pockets of the corrupt. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 9 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said: All rivers eventually empty into the sea. The Jordan river empties into the Dead "Sea". The great salt lake in Utah, USA has 3 rivers feeding it and it stops there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 6 hours ago, Albert Zweistein said: You are running behind, by IMO ( International Maritime Organisation ) regulation it is compulsory for ships to have incinerators on board and burn their garbage while at sea. In port they have to have it collected by official compagnies. This regulation excist since mid 80's and is strictly maintainted and checked by IMO, port authorities and classification societies such as Lloyds, Bureau Veritas, German Loyd, Det Norske Veritas and so on. That might apply to major shipping companies, but there's thousands of fishing vessels and private boats on the oceans at any one time, not sure all of those are equally responsible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 12 hours ago, simon43 said: Laos?? They don't have beaches on the sea last time I looked...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post actonion Posted June 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2021 Not only Beaches are full of Garbage most every Soi in East Pattaya is the same 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Just now, actonion said: Not only Beaches are full of Garbage most every Soi in East Pattaya is the same Not just east Pattaya, impromptu tips pop up all the time far and wide....they might have slowed down on the Railway Line Rd because it is near impassable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ICELANDMAN Posted June 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2021 The whole country is an open dustbin, no hope that it will change in the next millennium 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 I noticed on FB there have quite a few groups doing beach clean ups in Phuket I think the local orbortor should be out there they have the equipment my local one has a couple of JCB's and various trucks could be done in no time, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvorBiggun2 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 1 minute ago, ChipButty said: I noticed on FB there have quite a few groups doing beach clean ups in Phuket I think the local orbortor should be out there they have the equipment my local one has a couple of JCB's and various trucks could be done in no time, They should use the people in jail to work in chain gangs. In Pattaya they do this to keep the sewers running. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 20 hours ago, webfact said: "Swimming close to the shore with my family I was constantly fishing out plastic bags," I recall when this happened to me and I freaked out as I thought it was a jellyfish... Not sure which is worse--jellyfish sting or trash wrapping around your leg..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 8 hours ago, heybruce said: Ships dump trash overboard. Cities dump waste in the ocean. People use canals and rivers as disposal sites. Money meant to be used for proper waste collection and disposal goes into the pockets of the corrupt. agreed..used to work at resort on the beach in vietnam, where we would clean the beach---all the trash from the night fishing boats washed up daily.... ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRToMRT Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 20 hours ago, holy cow cm said: I never understand why anyone dumps garbage into the sea. I think most of it comes from the rivers and land, it just ends up in the sea. I have a klong next to my house in Bangkok, you would be shocked at the plastic waste floating in it, and on the outgoing tide its all pulled into the sea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvorBiggun2 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 13 minutes ago, MRToMRT said: I think most of it comes from the rivers and land, We think alike. Quote All rivers eventually empty into the sea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post harada Posted June 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2021 You would think that now would be the golden opportunity to clean the country up, but if there isn’t a baht in it it won’t happen. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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